My life is more than a little crazy as I have two time-consuming hobbies, but being recently retired I hope to have more time for both. I've been showing dogs since 1967, but about 10 years ago decided to cut back on dogs and dog-related activities and add an "easy" hobby, like a tank of fish. I STILL breed and show dogs, but many tanks later I also keep a variety of aquarium fish. Hiking,gardening, writing, reading, cooking, and (especially) dining out are also favorite activities.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Writer's Block

Absolutely nothing comes to mind as I stare at the screen. Normally I sit down here already knowing what I want to write about, or something comes to me as I sit down. Nothing came to me yesterday (hence the missing post) and I'm not doing any better today. Brain fog? Or concerns about the kind of weather we will probably face on our way back from Indianapolis. Maybe I'm preoccupied with the weather . . . This has happened to us so many time before, and I really hate driving home on icy snow-covered roads. Perhaps I'm getting too old for this!

Wonderful entries for Indy - 70 of them! Good judges too, or at least judges who were good, but we haven't shown to either for some time so we'll see. Good Sweepstakes judges too. Argus & Meribel going along as Specials, with Argus making his debut in the Veteran's Class. Gemma and Fernly going along to show in the classes. Gemma looks great, but Fern isn't really ready yet, as she's going through the stick-dog stage, all legs, and she is inclined to pace rather than trot when I gait her. Needs time, training and roadwork, but she also needs experience so she's entered with no expectation that she will be competitive. Consider it expensive training classes! As long as she behaves reasonably well, I will be satisfied.